Thomas, Frans did not explicitly refer to asp.net and I was referring to VB6. Also in my case, I cache html-parts of a page, therefor I cannot use the IIS output cache.
When I say cache, I mean storing the html string into an hashtable-a-like object with a timeout period specifying how long the object should store the string. If that specific item in the cache invalidates, then possibly 500000 hits are wanting to update/trigger the refresh of the cache. That is where the problem is and what I am asking help for. Plus this is all running in a VB6 environment; I cannot (easily) use locking semantics as I can with .net languages... Do you understand it now Thomas? If not, what part needs more clarification? // Ryan =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor� http://www.develop.com Some .NET courses you may be interested in: Essential .NET: building applications and components with CSharp August 30 - September 3, in Los Angeles http://www.develop.com/courses/edotnet View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
